12-letter words containing i, n, l, a, w
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- long-wearing — Something that is long-wearing is strong and well made so that it lasts for a long time and stays in good condition even though it is used a lot.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mall walking — recreational or aerobic walking done in the confines of a shopping mall.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- militiawoman — A female member of a militia.
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- new atlantis — a political allegory by Francis Bacon, published in 1627.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- new-laid egg — an egg that has been freshly laid by a chicken
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- on a bowline — beating close to the wind
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- piltdown man — a hypothetical early modern human, assigned to the genus Eoanthropus, whose existence was inferred from skull fragments that were allegedly found at Piltdown, England, in 1912 but were exposed as fraudulent through chemical analysis in 1953.
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- railway line — railroad route
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- satin walnut — the brown heartwood of the sweet gum tree, used for furniture, fittings, and panelling
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- wailing wall — a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.
- waiting list — a list of persons waiting, as for reservations, appointments, living accommodations, or admission to a school.
- walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.